diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index f2c9474011..0bab002edd 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ ini_set('pcre.backtrack_limit', 250000);
 
 define ( 'FRIENDIKA_VERSION',      '2.2.1023' );
 define ( 'DFRN_PROTOCOL_VERSION',  '2.21'    );
-define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1069      );
+define ( 'DB_UPDATE_VERSION',      1070      );
 
 define ( 'EOL',                    "<br />\r\n"     );
 define ( 'ATOM_TIME',              'Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z' );
diff --git a/database.sql b/database.sql
index b33c0cdcb6..df99ca7f6c 100644
--- a/database.sql
+++ b/database.sql
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `fcontact` (
 `id` INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ,
 `url` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
 `name` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
-`photo` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL
+`photo` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+`request` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL
 ) ENGINE = MYISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
 
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `ffinder` (
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `fsuggest` (
 `cid` INT NOT NULL ,
 `name` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
 `url` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
+`request` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL,
 `photo` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL ,
 `note` TEXT NOT NULL ,
 `created` DATETIME NOT NULL
diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 842e110809..d9f9038533 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 		if(! count($items))
 			return;
 	}
+	elseif($cmd === 'suggest') {
+		$suggest = q("SELECT * FROM `fsuggest` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			intval($item_id)
+		);
+		if(! count($suggest))
+			return;
+		$uid = $suggest[0]['uid'];
+		$recipients[] = $suggest[0]['cid'];
+		$item = $suggest[0];
+	}
 	else {
 
 		// find ancestors
@@ -126,7 +136,7 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 	// fill this in with a single salmon slap if applicable
 	$slap = '';
 
-	if($cmd != 'mail') {
+	if($cmd != 'mail' && $cmd != 'suggest') {
 
 		require_once('include/group.php');
 
@@ -236,6 +246,26 @@ function notifier_run($argv, $argc){
 			'$parent_id'    => xmlify($item['parent-uri'])
 		));
 	}
+	elseif($cmd === 'suggest') {
+		$notify_hub = false;  // suggestions are not public
+
+		$sugg_template = get_markup_template('atom_suggest.tpl');
+
+		$atom .= replace_macros($sugg_template, array(
+			'$name'         => xmlify($item['name']),
+			'$url'          => xmlify($item['url']),
+			'$photo'        => xmlify($item['photo']),
+			'$request'      => xmlify($item['request']),
+			'$note'         => xmlify($item['note'])
+		));
+
+		// We don't need this any more
+
+		q("DELETE FROM `fsuggest` WHERE `id` = %d LIMIT 1",
+			intval($item['id'])
+		);
+
+	}
 	else {
 		if($followup) {
 			foreach($items as $item) {  // there is only one item
diff --git a/mod/dfrn_notify.php b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
index 6cb4f69a0f..31314da7b2 100644
--- a/mod/dfrn_notify.php
+++ b/mod/dfrn_notify.php
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 		$fsugg['name'] = notags(unxmlify($base['name'][0]['data']));
 		$fsugg['photo'] = notags(unxmlify($base['photo'][0]['data']));
 		$fsugg['url'] = notags(unxmlify($base['url'][0]['data']));
+		$fsugg['request'] = notags(unxmlify($base['request'][0]['data']));
 		$fsugg['body'] = escape_tags(unxmlify($base['note'][0]['data']));
 
 		// Does our member already have a friend matching this description?
@@ -180,24 +181,25 @@ function dfrn_notify_post(&$a) {
 		// Do we already have an fcontact record for this person?
 
 		$fid = 0;
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `name` = '%s' AND `photo` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `name` = '%s' AND `request` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($fsugg['url']),
 			dbesc($fsugg['name']),
-			dbesc($fsugg['photo'])
+			dbesc($fsugg['request'])
 		);
 		if(count($r)) {
 			$fid = $r[0]['id'];
 		}
 		if(! $fid)
-			$r = q("INSERT INTO `fcontact` ( `name`,`url`,`photo` ) VALUES ( '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
+			$r = q("INSERT INTO `fcontact` ( `name`,`url`,`photo`,`request` ) VALUES ( '%s', '%s', '%s', '%s' ) ",
 			dbesc($fsugg['name']),
 			dbesc($fsugg['url']),
-			dbesc($fsugg['photo'])
+			dbesc($fsugg['photo']),
+			dbesc($fsugg['request'])
 		);
-		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `name` = '%s' AND `photo` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `fcontact` WHERE `url` = '%s' AND `name` = '%s' AND `request` = '%s' LIMIT 1",
 			dbesc($fsugg['url']),
 			dbesc($fsugg['name']),
-			dbesc($fsugg['photo'])
+			dbesc($fsugg['request'])
 		);
 		if(count($r)) {
 			$fid = $r[0]['id'];
diff --git a/update.php b/update.php
index 2e22b9d1cc..ce8c694cab 100644
--- a/update.php
+++ b/update.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1069 );
+define( 'UPDATE_VERSION' , 1070 );
 
 /**
  *
@@ -561,4 +561,7 @@ function update_1068() {
 
 }
 
-
+function update_1069() {
+	q("ALTER TABLE `fsuggest` ADD `request` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL AFTER `url` ");
+	q("ALTER TABLE `fcontact` ADD `request` CHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL AFTER `photo` ");
+}
diff --git a/view/atom_suggest.tpl b/view/atom_suggest.tpl
index 8df011bfd3..66c61f9b6e 100644
--- a/view/atom_suggest.tpl
+++ b/view/atom_suggest.tpl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	<dfrn:url>$url</dfrn:url>
 	<dfrn:name>$name</dfrn:name>
 	<dfrn:photo>$photo</dfrn:photo>
+	<dfrn:request>$request</dfrn:request>
 	<dfrn:note>$note</dfrn:note>
 
 </dfrn:suggest>